Re: [Fwd: Giovanni B. Perotti leaves IBM]

It seems to me that IBM has already granted a license
which is essentially equivalent to a copyright
(ability to make derivative works and distribute them
without restriction, other than a notice).

http://www-922.ibm.com/easy400p/easy400pos.html

So what would prevent any license holder from creating
an open source version, maintained by an open source
community?  Or, for that matter, a commercial version
- requiring payment for the derivative work?

Nathan Andelin




--- Mel Rothman <mel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> No, CGIDEV2 is copyrighted by IBM.  Although IBM
> generously allows its use with 
> no obvious restrictions, it cannot become open
> source until IBM makes it so.
> 
> Mel Rothman, CGIDEV2 Author
> Mel Rothman, Inc.
> 
> Brad Stone wrote:
> > It IS open source.
> > 
> > Brad
> > www.bvstools.com
> > 
> > On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:00:35 -0400 (EDT)
> >  Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> >>
> >>Uh.....as I recall, Tools was FREE as part of the
> O/S
> >>distribution up through 3.1  ....it's not free any
> more.
> >> And, as I understand it, there were several folks
> >>contributing to Tools in the original days above
> and
> >>beyond Jim Sloan.



                
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